Security failings in home routers

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Leif
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Security failings in home routers

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The title BBC News - Security failings in home routers exposed says it all - Linksys seems to feature heavily... :crazy:
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The problem appears to arise mainly or only if you have allowed remote access to the router. Turning that off would seem to be a sensible measure.
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